- Script
- Bob Andelman
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- biography
- Keywords
- criticism
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Andre Leblanc
- Inks
- Andre Leblanc
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ebony; Cromlech (introduction); Deadbeat McCoy; Moolah
- Synopsis
- Two criminals get out of jail and search for the loot they buried long ago. Ebony and Cromlech walk in the woods and have an altercation with said crooks. The Spirit does not appear.
- Reprints
based on the Nat King Cole recording of Eden Ahbez's song. In this volume, the title is given as "Cromlech Was a Boy" in the text added to the top of the story's first page. The title in the book's Table of Contents reads "Cromlech Was a Nature Boy."
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ward Healy; Klink; Dolan; Spirit; Widder Walker; Stuffer Balot; Ellen; Ebony
- Synopsis
- Dolan falls in love with Widder Walker and determines to marry her and retire from the police force.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Roger the Dog; Ebony; Sven Galli; Dolan; Spirit; Mr. Bowser
- Synopsis
- "from the Tales of Arfman by Jaques Arfenbark". Sven Galli trains his dogs to steal purses. Ebony is given the task of apprehending him but discovers his own dog, Roget, is involved.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ambrose Bierce; Will Eisner (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (1,7); Jerry Grandenetti (2-6)
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Ebony
- Synopsis
- The Spirit reads "The Thing" by Ambrose Bierce to Ebony. Pretty much a straight adaptation.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Octopus; Mr Carrion; City of Caramba; Ebony; Gass Tocsen
- Synopsis
- The Crooks are having a convention in Caramba
- Reprints
sequel to 11/10/46 and 11/17/46 Spirit stories. In this volume, the title reads "The Eisner Tavel [sic] Agency" in the text added to the top of the story's first page (correct in the Table of Contents).
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- P.S.; Ebony; Spirit; Dolan; Ellen
- Synopsis
- Somebody has a dream that Dolan is King Neptune and tries to feed P.S. to the fish, but was it P.S., the Spirit or Dolan?
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer ?
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Andre Leblanc
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- P.S.; Ebony; Beanie; Skinny; Scratchie Parlay
- Synopsis
- P.S. runs for Junior President of the U.S. against Scratchie Parlay, whose father is a gambler. Bets are placed and kidnappings are de rigeur.
- Reprints
P. S.'s last name given as Smith.
- Script
- Edgar Allan Poe; Will Eisner (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (page 1); Jerry Grandenetti (pages 2-7)
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Ebony
- Synopsis
- The Spirit reads "the Fall of the House of Usher" to Ebony.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Dolan; Klink; Docket; Snarl; Simon Smudge; Redtape
- Synopsis
- When the old prison is knocked down a prisoner is found in the basement who swears he's been there since 1911. Trouble is,the records don't go back that far.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Andre LeBlanc
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Gerhard Shnobble (introduction); Spirit; Dolan; Klink
- Synopsis
- Gerhard, a mere nobody, discovers he can fly. But still nobody notices him. Not even the Spirit.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ebony; Genius K. Brown; Crabnich; Dolan; Spirit
- Synopsis
- Smuggler McStash has hidden his loot, and only someone smart enough to break his code can find it. Enter Ebony's school chum, Genius K. Brown
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Dolan; Lorelei Rox; Blacky Marquett; Boss Wheeler
- Synopsis
- Like the sirens of old, Lorelei lures truckers to their doom.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dolan; Spirit; Lizzie Pinch
- Synopsis
- Ace McCase stashed the loot in his house, but Ace is dead, no one knows where the loot is and the house is for rent.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Tooty Compote (introduction); Claws [Slip]; The Mangles Mob
- Synopsis
- Tooty Compote can make people Drop Dead, just by telling them to.
- Reprints
parody of Truman Capote
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sam Chapparell; Omar Trent; Spirit; Dolan
- Synopsis
- The Spirit visits the town of Boot Camp from Sam Chapparell and his gang have been terrorizing the west for the last 80 years.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Nazel B. Twitch; Florence (a car); Axel Gearshift; Spirit; Dolan
- Synopsis
- Nazel Twitch loves his 1929 Flash. So when his wife sells it and it ends up in the hands of crooks, he gets a little peeved.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Pedro; Pancho de Bool; Pepin de la Mancha; Spirit; Dolan; Nicky Smith; Garcia
- Synopsis
- Pancho is a talking bull. Pedro is a butcher. Pepin is a bull fighter. But he's in Central City, dead. And the Spirit's in Mexico, instead.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Hazel P MacBeth; Octopus; Ellen; Spirit; Dolan
- Synopsis
- Hazel gets fired from the school Halloween pageant because she won't use a wire, and then hooks up with the Octopus. But he double crosses her and then she double crosses him, and then...
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Halloween
In this volume's Table of Contents, Halloween is spelled "Hallowe'en" for the story's title.
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Plaster of Paris (introduction); Spirit; Inspectre Gillotine; Don Macabre
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Quirte; Dolan; Ellen
- Synopsis
- The Spirit, Dolan, and Ellen try to secure the deed to Boot Camp to use it as a sanitarium. But Quirte and his men are after it for the gold.
- Reprints
sequel to 10/10/48 Spirit story
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ebony; Klink; Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Quirte; Little Fox Hermit
- Synopsis
- Quirte spends Thanksgiving in the hills, with only his bag of gold dust for company. And the ghosts...
- Reprints
continued from last week
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Klink; Ebony; Farnum Prexy; Fleeble; Spirit
- Synopsis
- Prexy takes advantage of the Spirit being out of town to trick Klink into helping him steal the Amulet of Osiris.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Octopus; Dolan; Emil
- Synopsis
- Parody of "Give Away" radio shows.
- Reprints
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Carboy T. Gretch; Cranfranz Gwayle; Dolan; Klink; Spirit
- Synopsis
- Carboy T. Gretch and Cranfranz Gwalye look exactly alike. Both are miserable where they are, so they trade lives.
- Reprints
parallel stories told
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dolan; Ellen; Spirit; Basher Bains; Santa Claus; Teench; Franky
- Synopsis
- Basher Bains wants to get out of jail for Christmas, so Santa helps him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Christmas
This volume mistakenly lists "Brains" instead of Bains for the story's title, in both the text added to the top of the splash page and the book's Table of Contents.
- Script
- Jules Feiffer
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Jamison
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spirit; Ebony
- Synopsis
- A month by month recap of the Spirit's adventures of the past year, including reprints of most of the splash pages.
- Reprints
This volume presents the story's title as "Will Eisner's Almanack of the Year," in both the text added to the top of the splash page and the book's Table of Contents. The story is also known as "Almanack of the Year 1948."